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U.S. War Costs Against Iran Rise to $29 Billion as Pentagon Seeks Additional Funding

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The United States has spent an estimated $29 billion on military operations tied to the war with Iran, according to testimony delivered Tuesday before Congress, as senior Pentagon officials defended both the financial and strategic costs of the ongoing campaign. Appearing on Capitol Hill for a series of budget hearings, Jules Hurst III, the ...

Israel Says 350 Hezbollah Operatives Killed in Over 1,100 Post-Ceasefire Strikes

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In a recent statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that since the beginning of the ceasefire understandings, the Israeli Air Force has struck “more than 1,100 Hezbollah targets” and killed “more than 350 Hezbollah militants” across southern Lebanon. The Israeli military added that it “will continue to ...

Iran's Guards hold military drills in capital as ceasefire teeters

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards held military exercises in the capital, Tehran, to prepare for any confrontation, state media reported Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump warned a ceasefire in the Middle East war was on the brink of collapse. The drills involved the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or IRGC, the ideological arm of Iran's ...

Israel Sent Iron Dome Batteries, Personnel to UAE: U.S. Ambassador to Israel

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Israel sent Iron Dome air defense batteries and personnel to operate them in the United Arab Emirates during the war with Iran, the U.S. ambassador to Israel said on Tuesday. "Can I say a word of appreciation, deep appreciation and admiration, for the United Arab Emirates?" Mike Huckabee said during a conference at Tel Aviv University. "They ...

Oil Prices Jump, Stocks Retreat on U.S.-Iran Deadlock

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Oil prices rallied and stock markets fell Tuesday as investors braced for further volatility after talks appeared to stall on ending the war in the Middle East and reopening the Strait of Hormuz to tanker and cargo ship traffic. Iran's chief negotiator said Tuesday that Washington must accept Tehran's latest peace plan or face failure after U.S. ...

Kuwait and Bahrain Announce New Cases Linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

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Kuwaiti authorities announced Tuesday the arrest of four suspected infiltrators allegedly linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), accusing them of attempting to enter the country by sea to carry out “hostile acts” against the Gulf state. According to Kuwait’s Interior Ministry, the suspects admitted ...

Hezbollah Secretary General Calls for Indirect Negotiations and Rejects Disarmament

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In a written statement released Tuesday, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem rejected calls for the group’s disarmament and urged a return to indirect negotiations with Israel in place of the ongoing direct Lebanese-Israeli talks. “We will not leave the battlefield, and we will turn it into hell for Israel,” Qassem declared. ...

U.S. Deploys Nuclear Submarine as Trump Considers Return to Iran Escalation

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The U.S. Navy confirmed Tuesday that an Ohio-class nuclear submarine had reached a British naval port near the entrance of the Mediterranean, in a rare public disclosure involving one of Washington’s most sensitive strategic military assets. The U.S. Sixth Fleet said the deployment demonstrates America’s “capability, ...

Iran Hangs Man for Armed Rebellion Amid Wave of Executions

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Iran on Tuesday executed a man convicted of armed rebellion, the judiciary said, the latest in a wave of hangings since war broke out with Israel and the United States. "The death sentence for Abdoljalil Shahbakhsh, son of Jalal, a trained member of the Ansar al-Furqan terrorist group, was carried out this morning," the judiciary's Mizan Online ...

Lebanon Urges U.S. Ambassador to Push Israel to Halt Bombardments

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Lebanese leaders urged the U.S. ambassador to Beirut to pressure Israel to halt its attacks as it pounded the country with airstrikes on Monday despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war. Lebanese authorities raised the overall death toll from Israeli strikes since March 2 to 2,869 people. That figure includes dozens killed since the truce ...

U.S. Sanctions 12 Iran-Linked Individuals, Entities Over China Oil Sales

This is Beirut 11/05 23:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States on Monday issued sanctions against 12 individuals and entities that it said facilitated the sale and shipment of Iranian oil to China, days ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing. In a statement, the U.S. Treasury alleged that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) "relies on front companies in ...

President Trump Vows ‘Complete Victory’ Over Iran as Diplomatic Deadlock Deepens

This is Beirut 11/05 20:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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U.S. President Donald Trump declared Monday that Washington remains determined to achieve “complete victory” over Iran, signaling a sharp hardening of the American position as negotiations with Tehran appear increasingly deadlocked and the fragile regional ceasefire edges closer to collapse. “We’re going to have a complete ...